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TikiKiti — a community you didn’t know you were a part of….

TikiKiti was created to be a place for video and film producers to show off what they can do. We continue to be amazed at the talent we find — and we hope, so will you.

Here you will find some of the best of the best fan-made/unofficial music videos on YouTube™. You will find the Barclay Award winner. We also interview our award winners — both on this printed page and on our YouTube™ channel.

Thursday, July 18, 2024

Artist of the Week

Since we interviewed him for our podcast last year, Mike Krumlauf has been very busy. The reason we follow Mike is his work is consistent — his production techniques and quality of his videos are always excellent.

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Thursday, June 13, 2024

Barclay Winners Bryce Garrett and Cameron Elder

Barclay Award winners: Time and attention to detail is what makes a good music video. It was obvious to all of us here this team of Bryce Garrett and Cameron Elder all the details covered.

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Wednesday, June 5, 2024

The Heart & Soul of a Music Video

Patrick Hanser and Hernan Marques talk about how they made the new music video for the band Bacará, "Mariposa."

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Sunday, March 17, 2024

A Slice of Life

Sometimes called observational cinema, mainly without a narrator's voice-over. The vérité style comes naturally to many as a way to just record what is happening right in front of them. It combines improvisation with use of the camera to unveil truth or highlight subjects hidden behind reality.

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Sunday, February 11, 2024

TKIFF Judges Panel

Being part of the panel of judges to a film festival can be a thanklesss job. We're here to recognize some of the incredibly talented producers who were part of our TKIFF this year.

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Friday, February 2, 2024

The Faces of TKIFF 2023

Here are the results of our 2023 TikiKiti International Film Festival. We started with 54 submissions. Since we are giving out two awards this year, one for a traditional, or in-real-life (IRL) video; and one for AI animation, the final 16 included eight from each category. With that established we still ended up with the ten final videos you see here.

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Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Michael Krumlauf

Michael Krumlauf is a video producer in Denver who has mastered the art of creative music videos that are not just about the music, but also about engaging the audience on an emotion level. A style he has perfected.

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Sunday, December 31, 2023

The year according to the music video

This year we’ve watched nearly 2,500 videos. This is a lot to go through when looking for trends and similarities—we found plenty of both.

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Tuesday, December 26, 2023

The State of Independence

A shared experience today is rarely more than a viral video — nothing like what was experienced in the past when wars were started and tragedy struck. Today, the shared experience is more personal and word-of-mouth.

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